The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday accused China of distorting the truth, after Beijing in a policy paper said “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory” and that it opposed “Taiwan independence in any form.”
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday held a news conference for the release of its paper titled China’s Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean, in which it said that the “one China” principle is the most important foundation and premise for China in the development of its diplomatic relations with other countries.
“The Chinese government appreciates that the vast majority of LAC [Latin American and Carribean] countries abide by the one China principle, recognize that there is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the government of the People’s Republic of China [PRC] is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, [and] oppose ‘Taiwan independence’ in any form,” the paper said.
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Beijing’s false claim that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory” and saying it opposes “Taiwan independence in any form” are attempts to distort the truth and mislead the international community, the ministry said.
The ministry said it expresses its strongest condemnation and rejects the assertions.
“The Republic of China [ROC] is a country with independent sovereignty, and the ROC and the PRC are not subordinate to each other,” it said.
“The Chinese communist regime has never ruled over Taiwan — this is not only the objective status quo, but also a common fact accepted by the international society,” the ministry said. “Any claim that distorts Taiwan’s sovereign status will not change this status quo.”
That most of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies are in Latin America and the Caribbean is the strongest evidence against China’s false claim, it said.
China has for years continued to lure other nations into a debt trap under the guise of cooperation, and the international community has become wary of its “meretricious, sugar-coated poison,” the ministry said.
“The MOFA calls on all nations to jointly condemn China’s persistent malicious lies,” it said. “Taiwan will not succumb to the threats and diplomatic suppression by China’s authoritarian regime.”
Taiwan will instead stand more firmly to protect freedom and democracy, and continue working with allies and like-minded countries to safeguard peace, stability and prosperity in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific, it added.
Additional reporting by Fan Wei-li
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